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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 18, 1930.
RAGE EIGHT
News Summary.
1 SENATOR HARRIS THANKS
i VOTERS FOR RE-ELECTION
The village of Charlotte, in Mont-! Thanks to the people * of .Georgia
gomery county, is all astir over the who overwhelmingly returned him to
prospect of finding a quantity of oil the Senate in Wednesday’s election
of commercial value. i was contained in a statement issued
..., , by Senator Harris Friday.
More than half a million penile— The stateme t in tun is as follows:
682,718—to be exact, paid to swim in „j am deeply grateful to the peo-
Atlanta pools during the season just j e of Georgia for their confidence in
closed, according to Park department aonor j ng me by election to the sen-
figures. ^ *— 1 **
FiyE CONVICTS ESCAPE
FROM PRISON CAMP
BUT LIBERTY IS BRIEF
Macon, Ga., Sept. 14.—Five con
victs who escaped from the Bibb coun
ty convict camp at 9:16 o’clock Satur
day night were in the police barracks
three hours later, all under the influ
ence of liquor.
UPSON COUNTY SINGING
CONVENTION SEPT.
21
RUM MAKERS ARE ACCUSED
OF SHOOTING NEAR GRIFFIN
Thomaston Times:
Upson County Singing Convention
at the court house the third Sunday
Griffin, Ga., Sept. 16.—A man
about 23 years of age staggered into
a Griffin filling station Tuesday morn
i this month. The officers of the con- ing saying( «i. m s hot.” He gave his
vention met in executive session last name a s J. H. Campbell and was
week and decided to adopt the same rushed to a Griffin hospital where it
plan of entertaining the delegates as was found that he was in a cri.ical
The convicts us*! "'ndin'g them to condition,
| of my state
Sears, Roebuck & Co., will celebrate i
the 44th anniversary of its founding AMERICUS NORMAL ■
today by launching a- nation-wide EXPECTING THRONG
nine-day sales #vent in all 640 of its
retail sales units, it has been an
nounced.
Here is an opportunity to visit
friends in Texas at a minimum ,'
Southern Railway System win
round trip tickets from all princ *
towns on its lines In North Caroli,
South Carolina, Georgia, Tenney
two-year semeute iv* — . . Brannon said that he was on thel„ a a V la ’ and Mississippi 0
I automobile, and Fred Reid, with three casion. way to Miami and while waiting for Saturday, Sept. 13th, to all points,
• years for assault with intent to mur-1 The officers state that a large com- a friend, a car with three men in it j Texas, at rate of one fare plus
Excursion to T<
•—Via—
Southern Railway System
Americus, Ga., Sept. 14.—Declaring
Hie Americus Normal college would
be taxed io capacity to care for the capes and (j roV e his car beside a car
be held in Americus on Oct. 8. At this - • 7~ the halls on Sent.'22, J.
election three members of the board p^ident says that the
of aldermen and a mayor will be t successful term in the history of
? 01 "wir th nominatlon Relent ™ institution was in prospect,
to election. | i mpor t a nt changes made during the
According to reports, Decatur coun- ^mmer will make conditions better
ty farmers will not drop tobacco cul- V't" nnn^huHiliiio-is to be
ture, but, on the other hand, are mak- <late the new $15,000 building is t -
ing plans for the 1931 crop, in spite of completed, adequate a rangements
the disappointing prices received for ( wlb he made, the president be
the weed this season. — .
i Just because he happens to be u
James B. Nevin, editor of the At- postmaster is no reason why he can’t
lanta Georgian, was the principal have the old trait of forgetting to
speaker Sunday afternoon at exer- mail his wife’s letters. Atlanta Post-
cises which accompanied the unveiling master, E. K. Large, who directs the
of a memorial to the late Robert handling of tons of mail every week,
Loveman, well-known Georgia poet, confesses having carried in his pocket
in Fletcher, N. C.
The Board of Education has decid
ed that the Atlanta school teachers do
not have to live within the city limits.
It seems that previous to this
for days, a letter given to him by his
wife to be mailed.
Secretly married for more than 14
months, Miss Frances Hardin, a stu-
- ,, an * 1 dent in the art department of Wes-
nouncement, after considerable dis- jg yaa conservatory for the last two
cuvion, .all city emplpyes were re *. years, j s now on j, er honeymoon with
quired to live within the city limits. j,er husband E. Posey, of Decatur, it
,, „ ,,,,,, v . . ms said. Word of the marriage, which
M. C. Whiley, negro who was shot had teld during all of Mrs
morning when the jail p ogey t 8 i as t year a t college, was re-
at Rhine, Ga., was stormed and he CP j ved j n Macon Sunday. The couple
taken out by the attackers, was was united Jllly 4> 1929i while ^ a
etdl alive Sunday night. Pneumonia c hurch excursion picnic at Anniston,
set in Saturday and doctors stated | ^] a _
that he probably would die
the night
during
taxicab ...
taxicab driver recognized them as es-
reguli
. . . - ...... liquor running," otn and returning.
ent to render some of their best songs gangi hauling liquor from Pike coun-1 For tljose traveling in Pullman c ,
j ty to Atlanta. It is alleged that some the usual sleeping car rates in add!
of motor police, who were on the look-. and quite a number of the very best t j me ag0 the liquor runners went to a tion to railroad fare will lu> '!!
out for them. He stopped. The police singers in the state will be present. liquor maker of Pike county'and told SI "S' be char «'
took charge of the three escapes.
YEOMANS DEFEATED
BY CHARLES WORRILL
Dawson, Ga., Sept. 12.—Returns on
the judgeship race for the Pataula
liquor maker of Pike county and told Snerlnl thrnno*
n him that “Coggins wants 80 gallons.” ^ . ... , g ullman .
FLOWER SHOW TO BE HELD , The liquor, it is said, was loaded on coac h es wdl he arranged for
thev truck and the Atlanta party drove
Montezuma, Ga., Sept. 12.—Under off without paying. A few days later
the direction of the Montezuma Gar- same runnera went to another
. rl „, „ oW „ „,iii u„i i Bike county manufacturer and told
den Club a flower show will be held him t j, at <-c 0 ggins” wants 160 gal-
at the club house during October. i ons . The liquor was loaded and as
circuit, composed of the counties of'Plans for the show were completed at the truck started off* the owner of
Clay, Early, Miller, Quitman, Ran- | a meeting held at the home of Mrs. E. the liquor asked for his money. The
dolph, Seminole and Terrell, announc- C. Duke with Mrs. Duke and Mrs Lar- men on the truck ordered the owner
ed Thursday morning as official, gives ry Chastain, hostesses. An interesting away at the point of a gun and went
Chas. W. Worrill, of Cuthbert, 23'study of native wild flowers was con- on their way.
votes, majority over Judge M. J. Yeo- diicted ,by the president, Mrs. Oscar j s f ur ih er alleged that Monday
mans of Dawson, incumbent. McKenzie. • • ■ .... -
Mr. Worrill' is the son of the late
Wm. C. Worrill, for several terms
judge of the superior court of the
Pataula circuit.
WARNING
night a party of liquor runners from
Atlanta with Brannon in the party
drove to a third Pike county liquor
maker and after loading the truck,
I have had a lot of complaint made attempted to drive away without pay-
Mr. Yeomans, the defeated incum- to me about people driving cars 'and The owner of the liquor grabbed
bent was appointed to fill the unex- trucks at night without any lights, a * ifl ® a " d shot at the truck, striking
pired term of the late Judge with only one light and some times one °* the men, accprding to reports.
Wm. C. Worrill and was then elected with just an oil lantern which gives
for the succeeding term in that race no light as you know, all of which is
having been opposed by Cha. W. Wor-.in violation of the motor law. Now,
r iU to save a lot of embarrassment to my-
Several different reports from the' ^f and the^ parties concerned it will
various counties in the circuit were ^est to a * ran B e !
given out as official, but the figures to make cases as 1 flnd
above were said Thursday by county «*«“*• -
officials as being correct following the Yours for service,
official consolidation. ' | R. P .McGUFFIN, Sheriff.
J. R.
ROSS DIES
AT PLAINS HOME
Plains, Ga., Sept. 16.—J. R. Ross.
62, one of the most highly esteemed
men in that section, died Tuesday
morning after an illness of a few
hours. He was stricken with paralysis
at ~8 o’clock Monday night.
cars
partiei
This is an opportunity to visit Ted
as at the lewest rates ever offered
Please confer with your „ e a W
Southern Railway System Agent
you will be furnished with the so
ules find pride of tickets, etc or
G. R. PETTIT, "
Division Passenger Agent,
Macon, Ga.
A TEXAS WONDER
For kidney ..and bladder tronll
gravel, weak and lame back, ri,
matlsm and irregularities of thet
neys and bladder. If not soldi
your druggist, by mall $1.25. Sm
bottle often cures. Send for s
testimonials. Dr. E. W. Hall,
Olive St., St. Lous, Mo. Sold by drui.
gists.
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FOR RENT
Three very desirable rooms. Con-1
veniently located. For further infer-1
mation apply at Herald office.
Two ears of com measuring* 12
inches and containing approximately
1,000 grains each were carried to the
office of the Americus Times-Record-
er by Mrs. Emma Williams. The com
was raised by G. A. Layfield and the
ears were plucked from an average
unfertilized field, it was stated.
The Crisp County Health depart
ment, headed by Dr. Guy G. Lunsford,
in connection with City Manager
John R. Brown, have been quite busy
the last several days making a survey
of Cordele preparatory to waging an
extensive campaign against one of the
worst enemies of the people—mosqui
toes.
With but $300,000 remaining for
completion by Agnes Scott College of
a fund of $1,500,000 begun in May,
1929, renewed efforts of leaders are
expected to result in attainment of
the goal by the middle of next month,
according to announcement Saturday
by Dr. J. R. McCain, president of the
college.
The public service commission
Tuesday gave the Georgia Power com
pany until November 17 to furnish
proposed rates and other information
on wholesaje, commercial and muni
cipal electric rates and will then set
a date for a hearing on why rates
"should not be made uniform through
out the state.
John J. Raskob, New York million
aire, has made a gift of $100,000 to
the Georgia Warm Springs Founda
tion at Warm Springs, Ga. The fouu
dation which maintains facilities at
Warm Springs for the treatment of
persons suffering from infantile pa
ralysis, was developed by Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt, of New York.
The largest still ever found in
Crawford county was captured Friday
last. Its capacity was 250 gallons
Five thousand gallons of beer was de
stroyed. The still was found on the
Seagler place, four miles west of Ro
berta, and a negro from Thomaston
was caught. He told the officers that
he had been employed by a white man
of Ihomauton to work at the still,
The state supreme Court Saturday
denied the application of the Albany
Theater, Incorporated, of Albany,
Ga., for a re-hearing in the case in
volving operation of Sunday moving
picture shows in that city. The court,
in an equally divided opinion several
weeks ago, held that such operation
or the theatre constituted a public
nuisance and was without authority
under the law.
The first of Barnesville’s election
debts was paid off / Saturday after--
noon when the regular Satuday crowd
of county citizens was treated to the
spectacle of Oscar Weathers being
taken for a ride,” not a Chicago gang
ster ride, but in a wheel barrow,
pushed by his friend, G. D. Usery,
who bet on Rivers. Mr. Usery was a
good sport and a good loser. He push
ed the wheel barrow with Mr. Weath
ers aboard, all over the city of
Barnesville. The latter said he enjoy-
cd the ride, and so did the spectators.
A live horned toad believed to have
been placed in a fruit jar 75 years
ago was unearthed at Lexington, Ga.,
last week by workmen engaged in re
pairing an old dwelling. In an unused
5 arr ®tt of the house, a fruit jar was
found bearing the label, ”26 July 1855
—Thos. J. Latimer.” The script was
the antiquated type in vogue before
' ,5v ClV1 , 1 War - Th e frog was still alive
although all apertures of his body
were grown together. It weighs one-
a ?^i> ai l- ounce ’ and * s * n the possession
of R. F. Brooks, Lexington merchant
who made the find. Old residents of
the neighborhood remembered that a
family of Latimers occupied the house
before the Civil war.
\
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flavor.
BETTER TASTE—that’s the answer; and
that’s what smokers get in Chesterfield in full
est measure—the , flavor and aroma of mellow
tobaccos, exactly blended and cross-blended.
Better taste, and milder too!
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